2025 Phillies Thread

[WestSideLion]

@WestSideLion of course the Phillies have scored 1 run since I posted this.

Welcome to the club, Grant. I give them a flier today given how awesome Skenes is. The schedule is soft here for a while. Let’s see if they can get it going.

 

[RyanSnyder]

 

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It wasn’t making him pitch any better

He was pitching quite well overall

 

[Grant Green]

And I watched the game today as I get Pirate games!

If they start to lose again, we’re cutting you off!

 

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going far better than all but the biggest optimist could have imagined.

Amazing turnaround from last couple years. He has been great at triple a. Was at the game and he looked awesome. 98 mph heater and what looked like a knee buckling curve.
Throws a bunch of other pitches well

 

[WestSideLion]

Amazing turnaround from last couple years. He has been great at triple a. Was at the game and he looked awesome. 98 mph heater and what looked like a knee buckling curve.
Throws a bunch of other pitches well

I read that Abel was ranked as high as #35 in the MLB prospect rankings a couple of years ago. He’s always had great arm talent. If he can maintain command then he is def a top of the rotation talent.

Abel and Painter could be quite a duo. But there’s a long way to go there.

 

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[rudedude]

If they start to lose again, we’re cutting you off!

I am concentrating more on my Knicks right now and their journey to a championship!

 

[RyanSnyder]

 

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[PSUAVLNC]

He was pitching quite well overall

Sure was - didn’t he recently strike out the side with the bases loaded and no outs? Going to miss him, just unbelievable bad news. Dam!!!!

 

[nittanyfan333]

Oooof course they did….

 

[LionJim]

Oooof course they did….

Money/contract reasons SOP, I gather.

 

[nittanyfan333]

Money/contract reasons SOP, I gather.

Could also see it being about needing more help in the bullpen as opposed to SP. although with the season Noles is having one could argue SP needs some help too

 

[NittPicker]

Oooof course they did….

Abel was told up front it would only be one start, after which he'd be sent back down. Maybe he'll be back later in the season depending on trades and/or injuries, hopefully not the latter.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Fightins were underperforming, until the top of the 8th.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

And then Sosa went yard to close it out:

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Ring It!!

9-3

 

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[LionJim]

You see these things everywhere. You’d think if professional athletes spent more time on the things that matter and less time on the things that don’t matter they’d be better at their job.

Case in point: Dwight Howard. He would practice half-court and longer shots instead of practicing his free throws, lifetime 56.7% ftp.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

seems optimistic, but perhaps he's right.

 

[Shadow99]

You see these things everywhere. You’d think if professional athletes spent more time on the things that matter and less time on the things that don’t matter they’d be better at their job.

Case in point: Dwight Howard. He would practice half-court and longer shots instead of practicing his free throws, lifetime 56.7% ftp.

That may be true, but on the other hand when Dwight Howard was called upon to be the one to miss a half court shot, he was well prepared...